These resurrection desserts are great for Easter recipes or for a food craft to illustrate the Easter story for kids! We've included the resurrection bread recipe story in between the recipe steps, so you can making the disappearing rolls while also reading the significance of the Easter story at each step!
Prep Time10 minutesmins
Cook Time15 minutesmins
Total Time25 minutesmins
Course: Breakfast
Cuisine: American
Servings: 8
Calories: 195kcal
Author: LittleCooksReadingBooks.com
Ingredients
1package refrigerated crescent dough
1bag of large marshmallows
½cupof buttermelted
¾cupof white sugar
2Tablespoonscinnamon
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Grease a muffin tin pan and set aside.
Melt butter in a small bowl.
Mix together the cinnamon and sugar in a separate small bowl.
Unroll the crescent dough and separate into the triangles (along the dough perforations). Explain that the dough represents the tomb that they put Jesus into after his crucifixion.
Next, hold up a white marshmallow and explain that it represents Jesus. Roll the marshmallow in butter and then in the cinnamon and sugar mixture. Explain that it represents the oils and spicesthat was rubbed on Jesus after his death before they placed him in the tomb.
Place the marshmallow onto a dough triangle near the larger end. Wrap each side of the dough up and over the marshmallow and explain that the dough represents the tomb where they buried Jesus. Roll the dough in your hands until all of the marshmallow is covered and sealed.
Dip the rolled dough in butter and then dip in the cinnamon/sugar mixture and place in the greased muffin tin.
Repeat until all of the dough has been used.
Bake for 15 minutes.
Allow to cool then cut the “tomb” (rolls) down the middle. Before cutting, ask if the kids remember what happened on the third day (or why we celebrate Easter). Remind them that when they wentto the tomb where Jesus was buried, the tomb was empty because Jesus rose. Cut through the roll and show the kids how the “tomb” is now empty.
Notes
Make sure you get the classic crescent dough that can be separated into triangles.You may want to place the muffin tin on a cookie sheet before baking in case there is any spillover.This cinnamon marshmallow crescent rolls recipe is sweet. Some people have told me that they've reduced the sugar amount with success.